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>The consonants are easy I wish. My teachers have no problem telling apart my j and q, but I rarely hear the difference despite all the cosonants in my native
by chalcolithic 5y ago
>The consonants are easy
I wish.
My teachers have no problem telling apart my j and q, but I rarely hear the difference despite all the cosonants in my native language coming in palatalized/non-palatalized pairs.
- rahimnathwani 5y agoI forgot that English speakers often have difficulty with these pairs of consonant sounds in Mandarin: j / zh q / ch (the former is further forward in the mouth than 'ch' in English, and the latter further back, with a fully clenched mouth)